Women

“It was in the middle of the night, something tells me to wake up. I opened the window to see the streets, it was dark. Right across the road was a group of banana trees, it was about 20 of them clustered… Read More ›

Popular Yoruba saying “ọmọ bẹẹrẹ, òsì bẹẹrẹ” (plenty of children = endless poverty). What I take from my upbringing is that it is important that women take the active role in deciding the number of children they bring to this world. I… Read More ›

Those who can make you believe absurdity can make you commit atrocities – Voltaire With technology we get regular updates of this ancient display of cruelty melted on innocent people in our communities. Around Christmas last year there was a photo of an elderly… Read More ›

Sultan of Sokoto reminds us on his stance on Gender and Equal Opportunities Bill in regards to family inheritance and his religious beliefs. Reading through the proposed bill I can not say I see any part of the bill that seeks to… Read More ›

I first read the case of Bridget Agbahime a few weeks ago. She was a trader in Kano killed in broad day light because she said something offensive to the God above. Recently the five suspects arrested in June for Bridget’s… Read More ›

Quite pleased with Habiba’s parents for questioning their emir for his involvement in childbride – now we know childbride is underreported because parents fear their case will likely be swept under the carpet. Often we hear about parents ‘willingly’ sold their girls… Read More ›

President Buhari travels thousands of miles to meet with the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel. The purpose of the visit according to Nigeria newspapers was amongst other things, to seek for help in dealing with millions of IDPs in the northeast… Read More ›

My sister and my niece had a bit of argument on things my sister was sure I would have done to my children as part of our ‘culture’, my niece told her mother that although she has not asked me… Read More ›

I am so pleased to hear about Ms Hindatu Umar, a 25year old newly appointed local government chairperson in Argungu, Kebbi state northwest, Nigeria. Northern Nigeria often (rightly) gets criticised for being behind in education and a region that openly… Read More ›

Earlier this year, Nigeria senators tossed out the proposed bill that was put together by well-meaning Nigerians on the ground that the bill was not in line with Nigeria culture/religion. Yesterday and today, I learnt that the bill did not pass… Read More ›

Good gracious! “Your hair feels like pubic hair.” With that first line, I thought the article was going to be a good read, but I could not stop asking myself “whose pubic hair.?” One would have thought hair on our head… Read More ›

Not always do we see a prominent Nigerian telling our story as is. Yesterday, I read two different stories about northeast Nigeria. One says life is back to normalcy in Maiduguri highlighting this with people jubilating at a wedding ceremony having… Read More ›